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The Pious Universal Union for the Children of the Divine Will Official Newsletter for “The Pious Universal Union for Children of the Divine Will –USA” Come Supreme Will, down to reign in Your Kingdom on earth and in our hearts! ROGATE! FIAT ! “May the Divine Will always be blessed!” Newsletter No. 116 January 1, A.D. 2012 Feast of the Virgin Mary the Mother of God The precise title “Mother of God” goes back at least to the third or fourth century. In the Greek form Theotokos (God-bearer), it became the touchstone of the Church’s teaching about the Incarnation. The Council of Ephesus in 431 insisted that the holy Fathers were right in calling the holy virgin Theotokos. At the end of this particular session, crowds of people marched through the street shouting: “Praised be the Theotokos!” 1 Luisa and the Blessed Virgin Mary By Padre Bernardino Bucci Photo of the painting of Luisa’s vision of the birth of Christ Mary Blessed Virgin Mother of God enters fully into the public revelation of God as is evident from the Gospels. Mary is the Mother of God; the “THEOTOKOS” that enters into the greatest mystery of God, the Incarnation, and is for this reason an object of Faith, in fact, no one can deny her divine motherhood which is an article of Faith. In fact if someone should dare to deny Her Divine Motherhood he would automatically place himself outside the fold of the Church. Mary remains always the Bride of the Holy Spirit, the Mother of Christ True God and True Man, and Mother of the Church. Luisa had a great devotion to Mary, the Blessed Virgin. In fact, as soon as the Association of the Daughters of Mary was organized in Corato she immediately became a member. This is still during the period of Luisa’s childhood. The director of the association was Fr. Cataldo de Benedictis. Her devotion to the Blessed Virgin did not end with this emotional yearning towards Mary, but became a dominant theme of her spiritual reflections. Luisa will write stupendous pages about the Blessed Virgin and Her role in the Reign of the Divine Will. The Servant of God breaks new ground in the study of Mary, and deepens in a unique way her reflections about the Virgin. In fact, Marion experts always spoke about the Virgin by considering her life according to human terms. Luisa inverts this concept and states that: “The Virgin, from the moment of Her conception, had the faculty of reason”. For this reason, She was able to have from God the accurate perception of the sin perpetrated by the human free will which spoiled the treasures of grace that God wanted to give mankind. The Virgin, in seeing all the evil that human will perpetrated, bound her will at the feet of the Blessed Trinity, so that in Her, might always reign the Divine Will. The Virgin never gave room to Her human will and became the Queen of the Divine Will, for which God filled Her with many, and such bountiful gifts, as to form in Her His reign, His glory, His power and prepare a worthy residence for the Eternal Word that would become flesh. In fact, Mary was the first heiress of the Kingdom of the Divine Will that one day would be given to all humanity. Mary is, therefore, the Queen of heaven and earth; it is She who would become The Mother of God. Luisa asserts that the Church has barely begun to understand the merit of the Blessed Virgin: “Mary is all to be rediscovered”. There is no greater creature that could be compared to Her splendor; Mary is Creation’s masterpiece. Mary is the Queen of martyrs, not because she shed Her blood for Her faith, not because of the pain caused Her by the crucifixion of Her Beloved Son, but because She never gave room to Her own will; everything She accomplished was done in the sole and single Will of God. The love that the children of God should have towards Mary must be expressed in Faith, because She is the Mother of God. Faith, according to the definition of Piccarreta: “is God, and God is Faith”. Mary, the first true believer, lived the Faith that is God, (according to Piccarreta). 2 Mary will be the one who will contribute to the realization of God’s plan. The heavenly Heiress of the Divine Will has transmitted this gift to all creatures that freely accept Her. Mary is the Mother of God and at the same time Mother of all. She does not resign herself to seeing her children deprived of the divine graces of which She herself is so richly endowed. Therefore, She continuously prays and exhorts humans to not sin and to accept the Will of God which alone can lead humanity to peace. Mary puts at the disposition of all, Her merits as Mother of God and Bride of the Holy Spirit, so that the Reign of the Divine Will might have dominion among men. Here is what the Blessed Virgin said to Luisa at the dawn of the last century: “I will search among all nations, in every Diocese, among all religious orders, even door to door if necessary, until such time as all have returned to God”. From the moment of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin, began the movement of the grace of God to all of humanity. This Child of God, having inherited the Divine Will, offered to God each moment, every heartbeat, every thought, every breath in order to satisfy the creative Power of God, so much so that God was able to form in Her the greatest wonder of His Holiness, of His Beauty and of His Grace. In Mary, the kindness of God towards mankind, are realized; Mary became a Creature that belonged entirely to God, She Who would become the privileged Instrument of God Who would choose Her as the residence of His Son, the Word incarnate. Mary, for Her part, binds to herself the entire human family, like members of Her Body. The wonders of God fulfilled in this Creature are unheard of and not comprehensible to the human mind. Fiat! 3 FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS December 3, A.D. 2012 The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, is associated with the Feast of the Circumcision. For in accordance to the Jewish culture of the days when Jesus dwelled on earth, a child became a full member of his family when he was circumcised, at which time he received his name. The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus was officially granted to the Franciscans on February 25, 1530. From there, it spread over a great part of the Church. The Franciscans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians kept this Feast on January 14th. the Dominicans on January 15. On December 20, 1721, the celebration of the Feast on the second Sunday after Epiphany was extended to the Universal Church. Day Twenty-three The Queen of Heaven in the Kingdom of the Divine Will Now, dear child, you must know that the eighth day arrived after the birth of the celestial Baby into the light of the day, and the Divine Fiat sounded the hour of sorrow, ordering us to circumcise the charming little Baby. It was a most painful cut which little Jesus was to go through. It was the law of those times that all the firstborn had to undergo this painful cut. It can be called the law of sin, but my Son was innocent and His law was the law of love; but in spite of all this, since He came to find, not the man-king, but the man-decayed, in order to become his brother and to elevate him, He wanted to lower Himself, submitting Himself to the law. My child, Saint Joseph and I felt a shiver of pain, but fearless and without hesitation, we called the minister and we had Him circumcised with a most painful cut. At the bitter pain, Baby Jesus cried and flung Himself into my arms, asking for help. Saint Joseph and I blended our tears with His; we gathered the first blood shed by Jesus for love of creatures, and we gave Him the name of Jesus – powerful name - which was to make Heaven and earth tremble, and even hell; a name which was to be balm, defense and help for every heart. Meditation 2 - The Queen of Heaven in the Kingdom of the Divine Will …Now, dearest child, in so much pain, the most beautiful joy arises, such as to arrest our tears. As He was circumcised, we gave Him the Most Holy Name of Jesus, wanted by the Angel. In pronouncing this Most Holy Name, the joy, the contentment, was such as to sweeten our sorrow. More so, since in this name, whoever wanted would find balm for his pains, defense in dangers, victory in temptations, a hand so as not to fall into sin, and the medicine for all his evils. This Most Holy Name of Jesus makes hell tremble; the Angels revere It, and It sounds sweet to the ear of the Celestial Father. Before this Name, all bow down and adore. Powerful Name, holy Name, great Name; whoever invokes It with faith will feel marvels - the miraculous secret of the virtue of this Most Holy Name. Now, my child, I recommend to you: pronounce always this Name, "Jesus". When you see that your human will, weak and vacillating, hesitates in doing the Divine, the Name of Jesus will make it rise again in the Divine Fiat.